Bücher von Michael Palmer

This book is mainly fiction, although readers will probably be able to identify stories based on the author's experiences.

The short stories in this collection cover a wide range of subjects and themes, many with surprising endings. Some are humorous, some sad and some use historical events to weave a story.

From blockbuster author Michael Palmer comes a novel of medical suspense that raises chilling questions: Who ends up with the blood samples you routinely give? What else are they being used for? Why don't you know?In Boston, a disgraced medical student is sent to deliver a research paper that could save her career... In a hospital four thousand miles away, a reclusive scientist, dying from an incurable disease that threatens to make each tortured breath his last, is on the verge of perfecting a serum that could save millions of lives--and bring others inestimable wealth... In Chicago, a disillusioned detective is hired to determine the identity of a John Doe, killed on a Florida highway, with mysterious marks on his body.Three seemingly disconnected lives, surging unrelentingly toward one another--and linked forever by THE FIFTH VIAL"A terrifying vision of the Hippocratic oath gone very wrong."--Entertainment Weekly"Palmer taps a real medical issue for storytelling thrills."--Boston Magazine"A tale set at the very edge of our medical knowledge. I loved it!"--Tess Gerritsen

...well written, and provocatively argued. Anyone interested in Thucydides can profit from this fine book." -Paul Rahe, author of Republics Ancient and Modern

"Media Moguls" details the emergence of a few very powerful individuals in control of large sections of world communications industries during an era of media de-regulation. The book considers the transatlantic trade of Hollywood television, the international news agencies and the influence of media lobbying over EC policy-makers.